From April 22 to 23, 2025, the Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration (hereinafter referred to as the SCIA) and Peking University Law School jointly held the Conference on the Construction of International Law Theory and Multilateral Economic Rules in a Changing Epoch, which was also a session for SCIA's arbitrator training. More than 30 well-known experts in the field of international law from Asia, Europe, America and Africa attended the conference and delivered speeches. More than 30 SCIA panel arbitrators around the world participated in the training session.

The Opening Session was hosted by Guo Li, SCIA arbitrator, Dean and Boya Professor of Law School of Peking University.

Guo Li, SCIA arbitrator, Dean and Professor of Law School of Peking University.

Peter Malanczuk, SCIA Council Member, Professor of University of Heidelberg and University of Hong Kong delivered a keynote speech titled The WTO as a Future ITO? - Exploring the Integration of Investment and Competition Policy into its Mandate. Zhao Hong, SCIA Council Member, Professor of University of Peking University Law School, Director of the WTO Law Research Center, former Chair of the WTO Appellate Body delivered a keynote speech titled Transformation of International Trade Order and its Future.

Peter Malanczuk, SCIA Council Member, Professor of University of Heidelberg and University of Hong Kong

Zhao Hong, SCIA Council Member, Professor of University of Peking University Law School, Director of the WTO Law Research Center, former Chair of the WTO Appellate Body

SCIA arbitrators including David Unterhalter, former Chair of the WTO Appellate Body, Justice of Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa, Peter Van den Bossche, former Chair of the WTO Appellate Body, Chair Professor of International Economic Law, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Teresa Cheng Yeuk-wah, Co-Chair at the Asian Academy of International Law, former Secretary for Justice of the Hong Kong SAR, Adjunct Professor at Tsinghua University School of Law delivered keynote speeches.

David Unterhalter, former Chair of the WTO Appellate Body, Justice of Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa, SCIA arbitrator

Peter Van den Bossche, former Chair of the WTO Appellate Body, Chair Professor of International Economic Law, Xi'an Jiaotong University, SCIA arbitrator

Teresa Cheng Yeuk-wah, Co-Chair at the Asian Academy of International Law, former Secretary for Justice of the Hong Kong SAR, Adjunct Professor of Tsinghua University School of Law , SCIA arbitrator

SCIA arbitrators including Zhang Yuejiao, former Appellate Body Member of WTO, Professor of Tsinghua University, Wang Jiang Yu, Professor of Law and Director of the Centre for Chinese and Comparative Law of City University of Hong Kong, Guan Wen Wei, Associate Professor of Law School of City University of Hong Kong, Ji Wenhua, Professor of University of International Business and Economics, Zuo Haicong, Professor of University of International Business and Economics, Shen Wei, Professor of KoGuan Law School, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Ren Qing, Lawyer and Partner of Global Law Office, Guan Jian, Director of Grandwin Law Firm and Yang Lei, Senior Judge at the Fourth Civil Division and the International Commercial Court of the Supreme People's Court of China, Sun Zhao, Director of the Investment Law at the Department of Treaty and Law of the Ministry of Commerce of China, other experts and scholars participated in the discussion about the Construction of International Law Theory and Multilateral Economic Rules in a Changing Epoch.Zhao Feng, Secretary-General of SCIA, made a concluding speech at the closing ceremony.

Zhao Feng, Secretary-General of SCIA

Exchange and free discussion